A musical soundtrack to a spiritual journey
Maybe the best part of Friday night’s Travelin’ Music segment — even better than the music itself — is the insight it has offered into nonpolitical aspects of many of those who post here regularly. It has served as a necessary reminder that humanity transcends politics, no matter how fervently that political opinion might be expressed.
Take, for example, tonight’s guest posting from that lover of all things platinum and black, our provocateur du droit and skeptic by way of Harvey Mudd, Le Bruno:
“Part of being human means experiencing hunger. Every day, we hunger for food, which we can easily alleviate with a nice meal. Spiritual hunger is a little more complex and not so easily satisfied. Though many seem to find spiritual comfort in traditional organized religions, that has never been the case for me. While most promote faith, I advocate skepticism. While others seek certainty, I embrace uncertainty.
The closest I come to spiritual peace is while listening to music. Certain artists and albums seem to take me to a higher plane, where it all makes sense — at least for a while. At the top of that list is Santana, whose 1972 effort, Caravanserai, remains near and dear to me and many others. The album was a sharp departure from his earlier work and marked the end of Neil Schon’s and Gregg Rolie’s time with the band. Though it wasn’t a huge commercial success, it was an artistic achievement of major proportions.
While every song is fantastic, from “Song of the Wind” to “All the Love of the Universe” to “Every Step of the Way,” I have selected “Waves Within” as my special song to represent my never-ending spiritual journey.”
– Jay Bookman
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Soothsayer
June 24th, 2012
12:45 pm
Well, gosh! getalife, who’d you thing they were going to elect? That’s the funny thing about democracy, the People decide who they want to govern them.
There’s only one possible solution now, and that is for Israel to invade.
210 more days
June 24th, 2012
12:46 pm
Come on Getalife, you can lie better than that
Are you ready for the storm coming.I mean the huricane?
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
June 24th, 2012
1:01 pm
BADA:
Where have you been ?
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
June 24th, 2012
1:03 pm
Bruno @ 1:14am
Again you are exactly on target …………. myself along with millions of other true believers throughout the history of Christiandom.
Thank you.
getalife
June 24th, 2012
1:03 pm
They are Egypt’s cons. Just the truth. I stay here for small hurricanes but the big ones, I go visit my brother in Dallas.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
June 24th, 2012
1:04 pm
Headline: “Muslim Brotherhood Takes Egypt”
1) NEW PRESIDENT: OUR CAPITAL ‘SHALL BE JERUSALEM, ALLAH WILLING’…
2) Egyptian beats pregnant wife to death for not voting for Mursi…
3) Supporters mass, chant ‘Allahu Akbar!’
Be careful what you wish for …………. ARAB SPRING ! ………. thank you Obama.
BADA BING
June 24th, 2012
1:05 pm
0311…..i am always here, just had nothing to say, been pre-occupied.Things are going my way, and I am enjoying life. Hope things are good for you, too.
getalife
June 24th, 2012
1:07 pm
scout,
Our President had nothing to do with Egypt. Sad you support dictators and against freedom. The cons won there so you should be happy.
Matti
June 24th, 2012
1:12 pm
Yo Scoutmaster,
Re: Egypt… AS IF either side would have afforded women equality, legal protection from violence, and the right of self-determination. Dang, we don’t even have that here! Who the *BLEEP* do you think you’re kidding with that faux outrage?
JamVet
June 24th, 2012
1:13 pm
Obama started, ran and takes credit for this? ODS is truly debilitating…
The Arab Spring (Arabic: الثورات العربية al-Thawrāt al-ʻArabiyyah; literally the Arabic Rebellion or the Arab Revolutions) is a revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests occurring in the Arab world that began on 18 December 2010. To date, rulers have been forced from power in Tunisia,[1] Egypt,[2] Libya,[3] and Yemen;[4] civil uprisings have erupted in Bahrain[5] and Syria;[6] major protests have broken out in Algeria,[7] Iraq,[8] Jordan,[9] Kuwait,[10] and Morocco;[11] and minor protests have occurred in Bahrain, Lebanon,[12] Mauritania, Oman,[13] Saudi Arabia,[14] Sudan,[15] and Western Sahara,[16] as well as clashes at the borders of Israel in May 2011.[17] In neighboring Iran, a non-Arab country, protests by the Arab minority in Khuzestan erupted in 2011 as well.[18] Weapons from the Libyan civil war stoked a simmering rebellion in Mali, and the consequent Malian coup d’état has been described as “fallout” from the Arab Spring in North Africa.[19] The sectarian clashes in Lebanon were described as a direct result of the Syrian uprising and hence the regional Arab Spring.[20]
The protests have shared techniques of mostly civil resistance in sustained campaigns involving strikes, demonstrations, marches, and rallies, as well as the effective use of social media[21][22] to organize, communicate, and raise awareness in the face of state attempts at repression and Internet censorship.[23][24]
Many demonstrations have met violent responses from authorities,[25][26][27] as well as from pro-government militias and counter-demonstrators. These attacks have been answered with violence from protestors in some cases.[28][29][30] A major slogan of the demonstrators in the Arab world has been Ash-shaʻb yurīd isqāṭ an-niẓām (”the people want to bring down the regime”).
But even more telling, at least these people have the courage to stand up to injustice.
Occupy that, cowards…
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
June 24th, 2012
1:17 pm
JamVet:
As I said ………… be careful what you ask for when a bad regime is replaced by an even more sadistic one …………… stay tuned.
JamVet
June 24th, 2012
1:17 pm
All of the players were playing together
And all of the heavies were light as a feather
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dzZnNRJ2B0
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
June 24th, 2012
1:17 pm
BADA:
Going very well !!
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
June 24th, 2012
1:18 pm
“Why Mitt Romney is Unlikable!
A lot is being said in the media about Mitt Romney not being
“likable” or that he doesn’t “relate” well to people. We struggled to
understand why…he is….. after all………drop dead handsome, has
a beautiful wife…..isn’t that enough to ensure popularity for most
Americans? So after much research, we have come up with a Top Ten list
to explain this unlikablility.
Top Ten Reasons To Dislike Mitt Romney
1. Successful, self-made businessman. (Dad didn’t give him a
hand-out…..he and Ann had to make it on their own)
2. Been married to ONE woman his entire life, and has been
FAITHFUL to her.
3. No scandals or skeletons in his closet. (How boring is that?)
4. Can’t speak in a fake southern black preacher voice when necessary.
5. Has pots of money (made it all himself) and since nobody
else in this country has any desire to have pots of money….we don’t
like him!!!
6. Has a family of great boys….none of them are in drug rehab.
7. Doesn’t smoke (even in secret), drink alcohol, or do drugs
( not even in college, where other people were NOT inhaling)
8. Represents an America of “yesterday”, where people believed
in God, went to Church, didn’t screw around, worked hard, and became a
SUCCESS! (We can’t relate to such an anachronism)
9. Oh yes…..he’s a MORMON. That horrible religion that
teaches it’s members to be clean-living, patriotic, fiscally
conservative, charitable, self-reliant, honest, upright and MORAL!
10. And one more point…..pundits say because of his wealth,
he can’t relate to ordinary Americans. I guess that’s because he made
that money ALL BY HIMSELF…..as opposed to marrying it (as in John
Kerry) or inheriting it from Dad (as in Jack, Robert & Ted Kennedy.)
We didn’t understand that actually working at a job and earning your
own money made you unrelatable to Americans.
Strange.”
JamVet
June 24th, 2012
1:21 pm
Scout, that you detest every single thing about this president is what drives you to write what you do.
Certainly not because you care a whit about ANY Muslim. Anywhere. At least in any post I’ve ever read from you on this forum. Am I wrong?
Apparently your religion commands that you degrade them, as you have innumerable times here…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szdKx9O31A0
Matti
June 24th, 2012
1:23 pm
Cleanup on Aisle 13! Depends blowout. Watch where you step.
getalife
June 24th, 2012
1:26 pm
willard is a weirdo.
Americans finally woke up to the fact that corporate controls everything in our country and willard is their leader.
JamVet
June 24th, 2012
1:28 pm
The worst government that dirty money can buy…
Washington (CNN) — Republican Rep. Vern Buchanan, a self-made Florida millionaire, is only in his third term in Congress, but he already is in charge of fundraising for the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee, and he sits on the powerful House Ways and Means committee.
But all that could be jeopardized. Federal investigations underway could result in Buchanan serving his next term behind bars.
CNN has confirmed there are no fewer than four congressional and federal investigations into Buchanan’s business practices, his campaign finances and his alleged attempt to try to stop a witness from talking.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/22/politics/congress-buchanan-allegations/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj-obJq7Wh8
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
June 24th, 2012
1:40 pm
JamVet:
Yes ……….. I “hate” the great majority of his POLICIES just like you probably hated the great majority of Bush’s.
I “will” speak out.
“To date, rulers have been forced from power in Tunisia,[1] Egypt,[2] Libya,[3] and Yemen;[4] civil uprisings have erupted in Bahrain[5] and Syria;[6] major protests have broken out in Algeria,[7] Iraq,[8] Jordan,[9] Kuwait,[10] and Morocco;[11] and minor protests have occurred in Bahrain, Lebanon,[12] Mauritania, Oman,[13] Saudi Arabia,[14] Sudan,[15] and Western Sahara,[16] as well as clashes at the borders of Israel in May 2011.[17] In neighboring Iran, a non-Arab country, protests by the Arab minority in Khuzestan erupted in 2011 as well.[18] Weapons from the Libyan civil war stoked a simmering rebellion in Mali, and the consequent Malian coup d’état has been described as “fallout” from the Arab Spring in North Africa.[19] The sectarian clashes in Lebanon were described as a direct result of the Syrian uprising and hence the regional Arab Spring.[20]”
So what is REALLY happening here is that:
1) various forms of imperfect Middle Eastern/African governments (some of who were our “allies”) are being replaced ………
2) not by true democracies but Islamic fundamentalist regimes (far worse than their predecessors) …….
3) who will now work to unite under the banner of hate for all “truly” democratic forms of government …………..
4) and whose utlitmate purpose is the destruction of Israel and the submission of America.
If this is what you wanted ………… it’s on its way and you should be proud.
I for one will resist it.
getalife
June 24th, 2012
1:41 pm
Reporters should investigate unlimited bribes because there are scandals coming that are revolutionary.
When both parties fight for these unlimited bribes, it is silly being a blind partisan tool like scout.
I am starting to see these facts on drudge link comments.
Matti
June 24th, 2012
1:52 pm
JamVet,
I *think* what Scout is trying to explain is that women would rather be raped, beaten, and denied rights by the uniformed leaders and soldiers of military dictatorships, than to be sold as children to be raped in the context of “marriage” and then mutilated when they disobey, as per fundamentalist (insert a religion) law.
Is that right, Scoutmaster? How noble of you to resist!!!
getalife
June 24th, 2012
1:58 pm
Egypt is divided like our country and the cons won over the moderates.
scout is a con resisting cons.
Too funny.
getalife
June 24th, 2012
2:12 pm
Are you resisting because of religion scout?
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
June 24th, 2012
2:25 pm
Matti:
“Noble” ?
How naive of “you” !
And …………… I have risked my life in a foreign country to resist that type of evil against humanity on behalf of others I didn’t even know.
Have you?
Out for the afternoon ………….. everyone be nice.
Milo83
June 24th, 2012
2:34 pm
“The cons won in Egypt.”
“Same as our cons just a different religion.”
BS!
Muslim Brotherhood A “Reasonable Organization” Of Community Organizers
Same with Hamas.
getalife
June 24th, 2012
2:39 pm
The only difference is religion.
The MB is their tea party..
scout knows.
carlosgvv
June 24th, 2012
2:40 pm
Scout – 1:17 – “a bad regime is replaced by an even more sadistic one’
The first time that happened in my life was when Castro took over Cuba. It’s been happening here and there ever since. We, the US, can only do so much. Our insistance on being the world’s policeman is an illusion that just won’t die with so many of our politicians. Only the Military-Industrial Complex wins. Hmmmmmm – lets see, the Military-Industrial Complex makes tons of money – they fund Republican election and re-election campaigns – in return Republicans keep us in wars. No end in sight to endless wars.
getalife
June 24th, 2012
2:42 pm
The Saudis can bribe them for more war.
bman
June 24th, 2012
2:43 pm
All of the pictures I have seen of the Egypt election results show the women crying (not tears of joy) and the men celebrating. Why?
Erwin's cat
June 24th, 2012
2:46 pm
and all this by accident?…or the peoples will….try again!
JamVet
June 24th, 2012
2:48 pm
…not by true democracies but Islamic fundamentalist regimes (far worse than their predecessors) …….
who will now work to unite under the banner of hate for all “truly” democratic forms of government …………..
and whose utlitmate purpose is the destruction of Israel and the submission of America.
Where did you hear that? I find it very unlikely that you can prove any of those assertions. Or even make a compelling case.
You write in sweeping, simplistic generalizations. And proffer opinion as fact. In other words, I do not believe you and do not think you know your elbow from your _______ on these revolutions. No details, no evidence, no data, no facts. Just slogans that you heard from Rush and Sean.
You have not informed yourself about any of the details of these uprisings to any significant degree.
You cannot name the players, the differing issues or the varying reasons for the uprisings in any of these multitude of nations. Yet you write as though you are some expert with some great mastery of knowledge on the Middle East, who can lump everyone and everything together.
I get it. You are terrified of and detest all Muslims. To you the only good Muslim is a dead Muslim. You make no distinctions whatsoever.
Erwin's cat
June 24th, 2012
3:04 pm
like marriage…democracy isn’t for everyone
josef
June 24th, 2012
3:05 pm
Egypt’s is by no means a done deal. Anybody, including the Muslim Brotherhood and the Islamacist parties who think that their military will sit back and watch have not themselves been paying close attention. The Muslim Brotherhood et al. may have pulled the plurality, but the military’s candidate made a good showing and gave them a much needed “gauge” of how much support they can bank on. The secularists remain a force to be contended with in Egypt and they will take a military coup government over the Islamacists any day of the week.
I heard an Egyptian commentator saying the other day that neither “side” wanted to be in power since then they’d have to produce results and they can create a lot more havoc out of power.
Erwin's cat
June 24th, 2012
3:07 pm
a reasonable possibility josef…I haven’t see white smoke yet
They BOTH suck
June 24th, 2012
3:13 pm
josef
Nice assessment. I do think the constant BS about “thanks Obama” that comes from some on this blog is about as ignorant and uninformed as it comes. Driven for the most part by politics and disdain for the “Mooslem” Kenyan in the WH.
What was he or the US to do? Tell Mubarak to crack as many heads as you want: fundamentalists or secularists it is ok. Same people who were good with the way it is in Egypt are the some of the same crying like babies when we didn’t intervene in Iran, like the US was really going to do anything in Iran outside of the covert operations that are already in place. Well we did look the other way when it came to the Saudis.
It is a mess and will continue to be one.
getalife
June 24th, 2012
3:14 pm
The cons should chant with them.
God is great they chant.
Just a different religion.
getalife
June 24th, 2012
3:18 pm
Thank the man that set himself on fire in Tunisia.
Tunisia is sending back the Libyan pm back to Libya.
The Saudis just bribe their people like they can bribe our pols for war in Iran to start WWIII.
Erwin's cat
June 24th, 2012
3:20 pm
get…are you mad at G-d?
Dyslexic
June 24th, 2012
3:24 pm
Dog is great.
josef
June 24th, 2012
3:26 pm
Right now, I’m far more concerned about the heightening tensions between Syria and Turkey. From what we’ve heard, Turkey is pacing its reaction but making it clear that there’s a limit of what they will take if/when it begins to spill over their border. The Turks are poised and ready to take the leading role in things that direction.
There has been an interesting series of articles in the NYT in which the writer was making the point that in the outward look of the disenchanted youth in Iran, they are looking to Turkey as their model for “how to” move an Islamic society into the modern world. A move by Turkey against Iran’s last remaining client state would not resonate well there and, as wacky as the Ayotollahs are, they know from past experience that their own days are numbered as their youth have not bought their brand of governance and social control…
getalife
June 24th, 2012
3:27 pm
cat,
Not at all.
My point is our cons act like their cons.
War on women.
Religion used to hate others.
My way or the highway.
Etc……
They BOTH suck
June 24th, 2012
3:32 pm
josef
With an a/c shot down, they are not going to play nice for long
Erwin's cat
June 24th, 2012
3:37 pm
there’s a real war o?n women there….you really compare that to left rhetoric
getalife
June 24th, 2012
3:38 pm
josef,
Do you read al jazeera?
http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidesyria/2012/06/201262483740123476.html
getalife
June 24th, 2012
3:40 pm
cat,
We have progressed more .
JamVet
June 24th, 2012
3:42 pm
We always have the time to quarrel
About such problems as money and war
Let’s put it off until tomorrow
Who needs another dose of sorrow?
It don’t necessitate an act of faith
To chant for love
What alibi is strong enough to wait
To chant for love
Though we don’t hold the reigns of power
Somebody else seems to be in control
We mustn’t waste another hour
We’ll get directly to the soul
If we can
Chant
For a world united
Chant
For a world that’s dying for love
The Hare Krishna plays a drum and bell
When he chants for love
The tribal priest is afraid of hell
So he chants for love
I am not pushing some religion
Don’t get me wrong,
I never mess with such things
Just be true to your own vision
This is your personal decision
The Dervish spins to a “Hu Hu Hu”
When he chants for love
Nobody knows what the angels do
When they chant for love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViuTCBorqtk
JamVet
June 24th, 2012
3:50 pm
Never been near a university,
Never took a paper or a learned degree,
And some of your friends think that’s stupid of me,
But it’s nothing that I care about.
Well I don’t know how to tell the weight of the sun,
And of mathematics well I want none,
And I may be the Mayor of Simpleton,
But I know one thing,
And that’s I love you.
When their logic grows cold and all thinking gets done,
You’ll be warm in the arms of the Mayor of Simpleton.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Da9sc6YDBo&feature=related
josef
June 24th, 2012
3:54 pm
getalife
Thanks for the link…read the synopsis and will be giving the talking heads clip more attention as time permits…I’m always interested in the al Jazeera take,,,
getalife
June 24th, 2012
3:56 pm
One more josef:
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/06/23/153548/turkey-admits-downed-plane-had.html
Now, back to the music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdlQyNe_9tE
pogo
June 24th, 2012
4:04 pm
The Arab spring has now officially become a nightmare. Remember how the liberals applauded it and Obama promoted it? The new Egyptianleader is saying he is going to make Jerusalem the Muslim capital. Modern liberals and radicals aren’t nearly savvy as the 60’s crowd. In fact, they are downright naive and don’t understand how serious the times are. Egypt is a proof enough of this.
getalife
June 24th, 2012
4:10 pm
pogo,
The military is still in power there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVmG_d3HKBA
josef
June 24th, 2012
4:15 pm
getalife
Thanks for the update…it appears that Turkey is being rational and not saber rattling…
POGO, et al…
The “make Jerusalem the capital” is a rhetorical stance that plays well in certain segments of the population, but the military would not “go there.” Keeping the peace with Israel is what keeps their good thing going with US aid, and even the more conservative elements of the Islamacists know that and aren’t willing to do more than give lip service to any such quijotic adventure. They know which side their domestic budget bread is buttered on.
josef
June 24th, 2012
4:23 pm
BOTH
I would agree on “with an a/c being shot down” but at the same time, I do think the Turks, being rational, are willing to accept an “ooops, sorry about that, our mistake” from the Syrians at present and, given that tensions are high in the area and that the Syrian regime is not out to pick a fight with somebody who could squash them like a pesky mosquito should they find the need…secondly the Turkish military is the voice of and protector of the ideals of Ataturk and the current government has to walk a thin line with them. If they tell Gul to back off, Gul will back off. If they tell Gul they’re going in, Gul will put his and his government’s seal of approval on it in a heartbeat, in my opinion. And the Turkish military won’t move until NATO says so. This is not Cyprus.
getalife
June 24th, 2012
4:50 pm
The new government in Greece stops the austerity to give them a chance to make it.
They screwed up with austerity and the banks are running out of money.
Turkey is being very cautious but that might have been a test on Syria’s Russian air defense system for another no fly zone mission.
It is going to be a wild year:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3yJ5akh9L8&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PL4EA845D98E7085AB
bluecoat
June 24th, 2012
4:57 pm
If you listen you can hear the Muslim Brotherhood bringing peace to that part of the country.They live in peace and harmony and would never harm others.
stands for decibels
June 24th, 2012
5:04 pm
I know we’re mostly past the spiritual in this thread, but for this drive-by, I can’t believe I neglected to link this one, from Ray Davie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcjVSEcpO3A
I too, don’t believe that “God is a man with white hair, sitting in a big chair, judging the world and its faults, forgiving today so we can sin again tomorrow.”
YMMV.
stands for decibels
June 24th, 2012
5:04 pm
Davie? sheesh. Davies. (pronounced “Davis,” of course.)
later!
pogo
June 24th, 2012
5:10 pm
In his desperation, now Obama is asking that newlyweds tell their friends to donate money to his campaign instead of getting wedding gifts. God-all-mighty, has this man no shame? Besides, how many newlyweds, democrat or not, are going to do this? The answer is zero. The amateur is once again demonstrating exactly the point of the book of that name.
JamVet
June 24th, 2012
5:44 pm
stands, loved that Ray Davies. Killer lyrics, killer music.
I suppose that a lot of the Nixon types were too hung up to ever read this magazine, but lemme tell you squares that it was the bomb of it’s day and was at least ten years ahead of it’s time.
Between it, Rolling Stone and Melody Maker, I didn’t need no Time, Newsweek or Reader’s Digest!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Creem-Magazine-July-1981-AC-DC-Rundgren-XTC-Dave-Edmunds-Ely-Velvet-Underground-/130677620982
Golden country your face is so red
With all of your money your poor can be fed
You strut around and you flirt with disaster
Never really carin’ just what comes after
Well your blacks are dyin’ but your back is still turned
And your freaks are cryin’ but your back is still turned
You better stop your hidin or your country will burn
The time has come for you my friend
To all this ugliness we must put an end
Before we leave we must make a stand
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3VqY9dp8SE
getalife
June 24th, 2012
5:45 pm
Going to be a good week for corporate power.
Health care law and student loans.
The people stand no chance.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
June 24th, 2012
5:50 pm
pogo:
You had better be careful or the all caring, forgiving, tolerant liberals on here will hate you (not just the opinion you are entitled to) as much as they hate me. It’s just the way libs. are ………. emotional.
Teaparty: rallies, speeches, picnics, family events, non-provacative to law enforcement, respect others property and clean up their area.
Occupy Movement: Demonstrations, nasty rhetoric, planned confrontations with police, destructive of others’ property and leave a sickening, bio-hazard mess behind.
bman
June 24th, 2012
6:02 pm
pogo .. .. i don’t believe that
getalife
June 24th, 2012
6:06 pm
tea party are getting the cold shoulder from the gop.
They should fight it out at the convention but the gop will probably bribe them to get in line with corporate power and spending.
If it aint one thing it is another !!!!!
June 24th, 2012
6:17 pm
How does one hate someone they do not even know?
Are we to assume that there was a fondness, likability or love at one point? Maybe it is an indifference and that is what the claimant is unable to comprehend.
When one equates hate on a blog mainly because they are unable to cope with differing opinions and even facts that challenge their view point, it might be time for some self evaluation. Sounds like self pity, but I will hold judgment at this point in time.
josef
June 24th, 2012
6:28 pm
One Thing or Another:
We do seem to have a bumper crop of self pity this season on the blog.
JamVet
June 24th, 2012
6:36 pm
as much as they hate me. It’s just the way libs. are ………. emotional.
LOL. You suffer from delusions of relevance.
You make silly statements designed to intentionally misinform and when challenged/corrected you get your fee fees hurt.
Speaking of grand sweeping generalizations and childish stereotypes:
Occupy Movement: Demonstrations, nasty rhetoric, planned confrontations with police, destructive of others’ property and leave a sickening, bio-hazard mess behind.
At least you have dropped the Occutard stupidity…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL0T_lkBkOg
Orange 12
June 24th, 2012
6:39 pm
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/06/24/new-hampshire-town-asks-obama-campaign-to-pay-for-costs-upcoming-visit/
Although I am voting Republican, I still consider this a bit over the top.
If it aint one thing it is another !!!!!
June 24th, 2012
6:45 pm
Those who are apt to post with a ‘matter of fact’ attitude are also some of the same individuals who get upset and even angry when they are addressed in the same way.
Guess they do not like the medicine that they so willingly administer to others.
josef
June 24th, 2012
6:55 pm
ORANGE
My Granny taught me the proper thing to do when you come visiting is to bring something to help stretch the hosts’ resources since you are imposing on their hospitality…
Orange 12
June 24th, 2012
7:05 pm
Josef,
All I am saying is – Isn’t that a portion of an extreme Northern state? You know. One of the states he has all wrapped up?
josef
June 24th, 2012
7:12 pm
Orange…
Well, you know them New Englanders are tight with a dollar and not real charitable…lowest in the nation in percent of their income donated to charitable causes…I guess they ain’t feelin’ real charitable toward Obama… wonder what they’ll charge their next door neighbor if he comes calling…
G Mare 71(PLEASE VOTE NO ON TSPLOST)
June 24th, 2012
7:31 pm
If It Ain’t@6:17, it is not, I think, about hating. It seems more about the lack of respect that some of us show to others of us here. I simply do not appreciate the level of vitriol spewed by some. Ergo, I have opted to scroll on by those posters. I am here because it mostly fun & enlightening. And if I want to get mad, I’ll watch Faux News.
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June 24th, 2012
7:32 pm
pogo:
See ……………………
P.S.
Tea Party vs. Occupy Movement continued:
http://toddkinsey.com/blog/2011/10/10/tea-party-vs-occupy-wall-street-in-pictures/ (PHOTOS)
http://urbangrounds.com/2011/11/tea-vs-ows-checklist/ (CHECKLIST)
Mighty Righty
June 24th, 2012
7:43 pm
With Obama’s poll numbers in a free fall it is no wonder he and/or the secret service are taking extra precautions to protect his safety. One would think he would be relatively safe around a hispanic audience. But then, maybe not.
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. –
Friday afternoon, guests heard an unusual announcement that they needed to hand over their silverware for security reasons.
“It’s very important that you use your utensils as soon as possible,” National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials board member Raquel Regalado told about 1000 delegates at the group’s annual conference.
Regalado hurried the diners to finish up their salads and pre-cut chicken breasts, saying that the Secret Service required that there be no knives at the tables and that the forks be rounded up before Obama entered the room.
Tundra Dude
June 24th, 2012
7:46 pm
Orange 12
June 24th, 2012
6:39 pm
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/06/24/new-hampshire-town-asks-obama-campaign-to-pay-for-costs-upcoming-visit/
Although I am voting Republican, I still consider this a bit over the top.
What galls me, is any prez campaigning while on the clock. Let them do it after reg working hours and on weekends,
vuduchld
June 24th, 2012
7:49 pm
On a TV station in Charleston, SC back in 1972 there was a commerical for 2 LP’s, one was Rio Grande Mud by ZZ Top, the other Caravanseri. I was 14 back then and I was intrigued by the visual nature of both LP’s, especially the latter. Little did I know that forty years later, both of these works would form the core, the essence of my musical being. Caravanseri is a musical journey, three years ago I donated my original copy to the Salavation Army and I now have the CD which I play to this day. An even more spirtual LP is what has come to be known as Santana’s greatest work, Lotus. Earlier today I was watching MTV Jams, all I could do was sit there and laugh at the buffonery and foolishness that music has become. Thank God for Caravanseri!!!
getalife
June 24th, 2012
7:54 pm
I remember the tea party spitting on folks and yelling at a guy in a wheel chair.
Talk about bringing their guns next time made me crack up.
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June 24th, 2012
7:56 pm
Always exceptions ……………. it’s the volume and overall content/personnel we are talking about.
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June 24th, 2012
7:57 pm
“This could be the “bloodiest month yet” for Christians – if one Islamic terror group has its way.
Nigerian Islamic terror group Boko Haram said it is commissioning 300 suicide bombers to spur a Christian bloodbath.”
getalife
June 24th, 2012
8:04 pm
New Hampshire wants some of those unlimited donations.
Elections are a billion dollar industry.
JamVet
June 24th, 2012
8:05 pm
Between 2007 and 2010, the American middle class lost 40% of their assets.
And there are now more working poor people living in the suburbs than in the cities.
Time to adjust your stereotypes, neocons…
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June 24th, 2012
8:08 pm
Talk about “doublespeak”
NBC: “Mohammed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood-backed candidate, was declared Egypt’s first Islamist president on Sunday with 51.7 percent of last weekend’s run-off vote, defeating Ahmed Shafiq, who had been tapped as prime minister by former President Hosni Mubarak.”
1) “He has also pledged to form an inclusive government to appeal to the many Egyptians, including a large Christian minority worried about potential religious rule. He has repeated that he would maintain his independence from the Brotherhood and not turn Egypt into a theocracy.”
2) “On the campaign trail, he promised to institute Islamic law.”
P.S.
“Iran’s Foreign Ministry congratulated Egyptians on Sunday for Morsi’s victory, saying Egypt was in the final stages of an “Islamic Awakening.”
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June 24th, 2012
8:26 pm
josef:
I know you are not “speaking to me” but I felt you would want to see this anyway.
Just focus on the O.T. part ………. that’s why I forwarded it.
http://www.wnd.com/2012/06/author-bible-predicted-date-of-israels-return/
They BOTH suck
June 24th, 2012
9:18 pm
What will time tell us?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress doesn’t have any evidence so far of a White House cover-up involving a botched gun-tracking operation, a top Republican said Sunday, countering the House speaker’s assertion that President Barack Obama or his aides deliberately misled lawmakers.
“No we don’t,” said Rep. Darrell Issa, R.-Calif., in response to a question on “Fox News Sunday” about whether lawmakers had proof now to back Speaker John Boehner’s claim about White House officials’ involvement.
http://news.yahoo.com/issa-no-evidence-far-white-house-cover-141247808.html
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June 24th, 2012
9:50 pm
They BOTH suck:
It’s the “coverup” rather than the initial incident that always gets folks in trouble. They NEVER learn.
They BOTH suck
June 24th, 2012
9:53 pm
Scout
That is true. Arrogance runs rampant in DC.
getalife
June 24th, 2012
10:41 pm
I am scared of the Mormon Brotherhood trying to win the WH.
Oscar
June 24th, 2012
10:44 pm
If the Mormon Brotherhood wins will they repaint the White House in Mormon colors?
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June 24th, 2012
11:03 pm
How many have the Mormons beheaded lately ?
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June 24th, 2012
11:04 pm
“On the campaign trail, he promised to institute Islamic law.” YEP !
On the campaign trail, he promised to institue Mormon law. NOPE !
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June 24th, 2012
11:09 pm
Name me one city, county or state that lives under Mormon Law (hint: The U.S. Supreme Court and our Constitution will not allow that) and I will provide you with a very lenghty list of whole countries who live under Islamic Law.
Oh, here it is. I’ll give it to you upfront !
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_country_legal_systems
G Mare 71(PLEASE VOTE NO ON TSPLOST)
June 25th, 2012
1:25 am
Hi, Josef & Oscar, just woke up from a little nap in my chair & am headed to bed. Got to thinking about Bruno’s question earlier about who’s craziest on the blog. Maybe another question/contest might be who is most mean-spirited? Yes, I have a few in mind, but will leave it for now. Goodnight.
USinUK - pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout
June 25th, 2012
4:56 am
http://www.gallup.com/poll/113980/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Job-Approval.aspx
Normal Free...Pro Human Rights Thug...And liking it!
June 25th, 2012
6:18 am
Good, Good Vibrations to all y’all…
This is what “The Right” REALLY believes…
http://news.icanhascheezburger.com/2012/06/23/political-pictures-machiavellis-students/
Normal Free...Pro Human Rights Thug...And liking it!
June 25th, 2012
6:22 am
Scenes we’d like to see…
http://scifi.icanhascheezburger.com/2012/06/23/sci-fi-fantasy-star-trek-truth-from-a-tribble/
Normal Free...Pro Human Rights Thug...And liking it!
June 25th, 2012
6:25 am
….and….the only serious candidate out there…
http://lolcats.icanhascheezburger.com/2012/06/22/funny-cat-pictures-its-the-serious-choice/
USinUK - pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout
June 25th, 2012
6:48 am
Normal – 6:25 – a vote Schnookums is a vote for a semi-gutted mouse in every pot
Normal Free...Pro Human Rights Thug...And liking it!
June 25th, 2012
6:52 am
USinUK,
I have it on good authority that Schnookums will legalize Cat nip too…
Peadawg
June 25th, 2012
6:57 am
Is today the day?
USinUK - pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout
June 25th, 2012
7:23 am
hahaha … I remember how my cat used to be on the nip